Let’s start with A Toy for Every Pup…Rebecca of Blueberry Smiles is spearheading this holiday collection drive to collect toys for shelter pups. Please take a moment to check this out and consider providing a toy for a pup who is still waiting for their forever home.

Kostas went from shelter dog to King of the Empty PB Jars

I was the lucky winner of Lauren’s monthly KIND product giveaway. Holy Smokes! Thank you Lauren and KIND! (Follow Oatmeal After Spinning so you can enter future giveaways–and read more about Lauren who is a cool blogger.)

I started out with work travel Sunday, arrived in DC by 12:30am Monday (flight delays), and was back at the airport 12 hours later. I loved a sign at the hotel: “Have an uncomplicated day.” Thank you, I’ll try.

Walking to my meeting, I met a fellow Wisconsinite – he was hard to miss…Packers sweatshirt, Brewers shorts. Packer fans, Aaron Rodgers was on 60 Minutes.

There was also an election this week that didn’t get much air time. Politics runs in my family…my nephew is on student council, and now I’m on the condo board. Last night I gave my stump speech and defeated my opponents 🙂